12/09/2016 // Experienced video journalists can apply for an award to cover expenses for the NPPA Advanced Storytelling Workshop April 2 - April 7, 2017 at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX.The National Press Photographers Foundation (NPPF) award covers...

12/08/2016 // WASHINGTON, DC – The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) commends House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) on their announced proposal for reform of the U.S. Copyright Office...

12/02/2016 // ATHENS, GA (December 2, 2016) - Gordon Yoder, a National Press Foundation Fellow as well as an NPPA Life Member, established an award for video photojournalists who wish to attend the NPPA Newsvideo Workshop in Norman, Oklahoma.The grant is $1,000...

12/02/2016 // ATHENS, GA (December 2, 2016) – Brad Smith and Kyle Grantham have been elected to the Board of Directors for the National Press Photographers Association. They will take office Jan. 1 and be officially sworn-in during NPPA’s annual board meeting the...

12/01/2016 // By Tom BurtonNews photographers around the world face challenges earning a living as more of them take on unrelated side work to help pay the bills, according to a survey by World Press Photo Foundation and the University of Sterling.“The State of...

11/23/2016 // By Tom BurtonSantiago Lyon, Vice President and Director of Photography for the Associated Press, is leaving after 25 years with the wire service.In an email memo to AP staff photographers on Tuesday, Nov. 22, Lyon said “I have decided, after much...

11/21/2016 // By Sharon LevyATHENS, GA (November 21, 2016) – It was on April 15, 2015, the day the storytelling community lost a legend. Some may be as talented, but the world has never seen a better storyteller than Darrell Barton. While we will forever miss the...

11/18/2016 // The Freedom of the Press Foundation has drafted an open letter to major camera manufacturers—like Sony, Canon, and Nikon—asking them to build encryption into their camera products to protect the safety and security of journalists and filmmakers,...

11/16/2016 // Update: On November 22, 2016, a federal judge blocked these overtime rules, issuing a preliminary injunction based on a likelihood of success on the merits that the overtime rule exceeds the Department of Labor's authority. This is not a final...